LONDON (Reuters) - A British chain of opticians sawpublicity gold on Friday after Olympic officials blundered byshowing the South Korean flag instead of North Korea's at awomen's soccer match. Opticians Specsavers took out adverts innational newspapers with the North Korean flag above the SouthKorean one and, written in Korean, a message suggesting theofficials should have visited them for an eye test.

Man charged with manslaughter in Florida butt-injectioncase

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - A man who injected a woman inthe buttocks with unknown substances during an illegal cosmeticsurgery was arrested on Thursday and charged with manslaughterin the woman's death, authorities said. Oneal Ron Morris, 31,of Hollywood, Florida, is known to have injected other womenwith substances such as bathroom caulk, cement, Super Glue andthe tire product Fix-A-Flat, officials with the Broward CountySheriff's Office said.

U.S. Olympic swimming team show off dancing skills in spoofvideo

LONDON (Reuters) - It's not all hard work and no play forthe U.S. swimming team at the London Olympics. A light-hearted,spoof video filmed by the team during training has gone viralon the internet with tens of thousands of viewers clicking towatch top names such as Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte and MissyFranklin dancing and lip-syncing to hit ``Call me Maybe'' byCarly Rae Jepsen.

Austrian admits making up story to get rid of snake

VIENNA (Reuters) - An Austrian applauded for capturing a2.3-metre (7.5-foot) boa constrictor he said he discovered on ariverbank has admitted he made up the story to get rid of a petsnake he found too big to handle, an animal rescue group saidon Thursday. ``It turns out he could not get to grips with thesnake and wanted to get rid of it this way,'' said SusanneHemetsberger, head of the Austrian Animal ProtectionAssociation. The owner handed over the reptile to an animalshelter.

Taiwanese vegetable vendor among Asia's Nobel winners

MANILA (Reuters) - A Taiwanese vegetable vendor, who haspersonally given away over 7 million Taiwanese dollars($231,800) to several charities for children, was among sixwinners of Asia's equivalent of the Nobel prize this year, itsfoundation said on Thursday. The Manila-based Ramon MagsaysayAward Foundation named Chen Shu-chu as one of six winners,citing her for ``personal giving, which reflects a deep,consistent, quiet compassion, and has transformed the lives ofthe numerous Taiwanese she has helped.''